"I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique [PMS, perhaps? Oh, he's a man, so ...]
because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. [Proof?]
She added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn't already have sewn up, the white trash vote [whoa! Racism?],
the demographic that sullies America's name [Huh? explain] ... yet has such a curious appeal for the right."
WARNING -- WILL ROBINSON -- MELTDOWN IMMINENT -- WARNING -- WARNING
Sheesh. Feminists.
Remember when feminism meant "standing by your sisters?"
(many thanks to Blazing Cat Fur)
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I like your blog - a thinking Conservative.
I'm surprised though that conservatives are having trouble with feminists not liking Sarah Palin. Sure, she's a woman, but her position on 'typical feminist issues' like abortion, is entirely adversarial. In fact, she's got a more hardline approach than many males on this issue. Rape and incest victims should bear the child? Not something Glora Steinham would have advocated, one can safely say.
berko wills, good points. And thanks for the compliment, which I return back to you :)
I think what has happened is feminists have allowed themselves to become as polarized around issues as the population at large. Feminism used to be all about not denying women opportunities to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- regardless of the stand on certain issues, like abortion. (And that's why I remain a feminist.)
Now, it's politics. Feminists accuse pro-gun, anti-abortion women of not having the right to be card-carrying members of the club, even though they, too, passionately believe in equal opportunity.
So, as a conservative, I cry foul.
Mind you, now that I've looked more closely into Palin, I'm finding she's as much a hard-core conservative as someone like Ronald Reagan ever was. This bothers me, because core ideologies like unbridled free market are simply not tenable anymore, much as the former communist model proved to be. It's kind of specious at best, and dangerous at worst, to cling to that concept in today's world.
But I do admire a woman who can govern a state AND successfully raise a family. That's the fruit of feminism; and all feminists, regardless of political stripe, should applaud that.
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